I don't make the rules in the courthouse.
After reviewing a video of the incident, the Justice Department ruled last week that the courthouse sheriff would face no disciplinary action, and that it "was satisfied that the matter was handled appropriately," according to deputy minister Martin Goldney.
Hundreds of Park's supporters, many of them older citizens with warm memories of her late father's rule, gathered outside the courthouse calling for her release.
The 11th Circuit judges did not rule here today, leaving the courthouse about 5 p.m., according to a court clerk.
But on Thursday, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court ruled that the plaza surrounding the courthouse did not fit the definition of a public forum.
In a pre-trial decision that sparked protests outside the courthouse, Molloy ruled that sick Libby residents are not, technically speaking, crime victims, and are thus not entitled to all the protections afforded by the Crime Victims' Rights Act.
Inside the courthouse, a judge ruled that the three officers charged in the shooting of Mr. Bell were not guilty, but said noncriminal "carelessness and incompetence" were not standards in his decision.
Oh -- one last rule for you to follow as you leave the courthouse at the end of the day: Stay off my lawn.
But in 1971, the Supreme Court ruled in Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents that the Constitution opens the courthouse door to lawsuits over these violations.
He denied Mr. Sclafani leave, but ruled that he could have longer visits in jail or at the courthouse to spend time with his father.
